COVID-19 vaccination to take place in Kyrgyzstan in three stages

Bishkek, Feb. 3, 2021 / Kabar /. The COVID-19 vaccination will take place in Kyrgyzstan in three stages, head of the public health care department of the country's Health Ministry Ainura Akmatova told at a briefing. She said that, to date, the Ministry of Health has developed a national plan for the deployment of vaccination against COVID-19. Vaccines for the prevention of coronavirus infection are included in a special list of medicines allowed for import and use in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic without registration. “The Ministry of Health is negotiating with the Sputnik V vaccine to prepare documents for registration in the Kyrgyz Republic. The coronavirus vaccination in Kyrgyzstan is planned to be carried out in three stages. The Ministry of Health has prepared a plan for the phased immunization of the population, made calculations and submitted it to the Ministry of Finance,” she said. Akmatova noted that according to the recommendations of scientific and technical experts on immunization, the Ministry of Health determined priority population groups for vaccination. Thus, at the first stage: medical workers with a very high risk of infection working in red zones, doctors of policlinics, ambulance doctors, etc. As well as law enforcement officers, teachers, law enforcement officers, service workers. At the second stage: persons aged 60 and over, persons under 60 years of age with clinical risk factors and chronic diseases of the population. At the third stage - the rest of the population. "Vaccinations will be carried out free of charge and at the request of citizens," she said.